ANIMAL PEODUCTION. 373 



is estimated at 2,407,000 bales, an increase of 100,000 bales ou the output iu 

 the 1912-13 season. 



An experiment in pig feeding- and fattening on sugar cake, C. Manicabdi 

 (Indus. Latt. e Zootcc, 11 {1913), Xo. 6, pp. 86, 87; ab.s. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rome], Mo. Bid. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {WIS), yo. 6, p. 933).— In 

 experiments with 40 pigs it was found that those fed a special brand of sugar 

 cake, described by Cugniui ou page 375, presented superior fattening results and 

 more economical returns than those fed farinaceous feeds. 



Country hams and bacon, and market classifications of pork products, 

 W. L. Nelson and L. D. Hall {Missouri Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui., 11 {1913), 'So. 6, pp. 

 53, figs. 32). — This deals with the preparation of country hams and bacon, but 

 more especially with the market classification of these products. Some of the 

 material has been taken from Bulletin 147 of the Illinois Station, previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 24, p. G9). 



The inheritance of coat color in the horse, A. R. Walthee {IV. Conf. Internat. 

 Ccnetique Paris, Contpt. Rend. et< Raps., 1911, pp. 491-502, figs. 6). — The author's 

 observations and investigations are summarized as follows: 



"There are 2 principal colors found in horses' coats, viz, yellow and red. 

 These 2 colors, geuemlly combined with black points, are the components of 

 the coat colors of the wild horse {Equiis przewalski sp. equifcrus). . . . 

 Yellow and red are allelomorphie to each other. Two yellow horses give rise 

 to yellow horses and, in lesser numbers, to red horses. . . . Yellow is therefore 

 dominant to red. These principal colors may be modified by 4 kinds of supple- 

 mentary markings: Black marks (melanism), white hairs (leucotrichia), marks 

 of the piebald horses (tacheture, leucodermia), white stockings (balzanes). 

 The 3 first are always epistatic on the principal color, and on each other, in the 

 order named. . . . 



"Albinism is very rare. It is probably a recessive. There is no direct con- 

 nection between albinism, leucodermia, and leucotrichia," 



[German horse control brands], Klute {Deut. Landw. Tierzucht, 17 {1913), 

 No. 43, pp. 512-516, figs. 31). — ^A description of the various control brands in use 

 in the studbooks of the several Provinces of the German Empire. 



Report of the poultry husbandman, H. R. Lewis and A. L. Clabk {New 

 Jersey Stas. Rpt. 1912, pp. 99-103, 124-156, pis. 19).— In a study of the 3 different 

 types of brooders, outdoor individual, kerosene indoor, and gasoline, it is con^ 

 eluded that the latter is the more efficient for the average farm poultryman. 



It is stated that sprouted oats is one of the cheapest and best sources of 

 winter succulence for fowls. The best results were obtained in sprouting oats, 

 when they were sprouted in a warm place (60 to 80° F.), light or darknes.s 

 being immaterial; previously soaked for one day; i)laced in trays to a depth 

 of not more than one inch; and water applied once a day, very little the 

 first 2 days and more as the growth advances. The use of nitrogen showed 

 no benefits. Oats proved more suitable than barley, wheat, or rye. 



Rations are suggested for a dry mash, summer dry mash, scratching ration, 

 and night ration. In a 9 months' test of the laying capacity of 328 hens of 

 different breeds the following percentage egg yield was obtained: White Leg- 

 horns and Rhode Island Reds 40, White Plymouth Rocks 37, White Orpingtons 

 32, Buff Orpingtons 31, Black Langshans 27, Barred Plymouth Rocks and White 

 Wyandottes 26, and Light Brahmas 17. In general, there was noted among all 

 the heavy layers a long body in proportion to its depth, with the heavy devel- 

 opment behind forming a wedge shape when viewed from the side, late 

 molting, a faded shank, bright full eye, often faded in color and free from 

 surplus face wrinkles. The ix)orer producers were noted for an early molt 

 and general sleek appearance. 



